Archive for July, 2025
Bipartisan bill would bolster care for military members with traumatic brain injuries
Cmdr. Steve Spoonemore, a board certified orthopedic clinical specialist and research scientist with the Fort Carson Intrepid Spirit Center, helps an open house visitor learn how the Bertec Machine assesses and trains balance and vestibular rehabilitation. (Gino Mattorano, Evans Army Community Hospital) Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday aimed at improving care for active-duty […]
Allen Wade Watts – July 18, 1962 – July 1, 2025
Allen Wade Watts, 62, of Eads, Colorado, entered Heaven on the evening of July 1, 2025, after battling a long hard fight against cancer. He was surrounded and wrapped in love and prayers by the love of his life, Marie, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild. Allen was born on July18, 1962, in Eads, Colorado to […]
Brian Nunnery – August 17, 1953 – July 7, 2025
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar, Colorado resident, Brian Nunnery, will be held at 11:00AM on Monday, July 14, 2025 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship Church officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation for Brian will be held on Monday, July 14, […]
Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture issues statement on the passing of Lamar’s John Stulp
Broomfield, Colo. — Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg issued the following statement after the passing of John Stulp, who served as the Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture from 2006 to 2010 and water advisor to Governor John Hickenlooper from 2010 to 2018. “I am deeply saddened by the passing of John Stulp, one of my predecessors […]
Frank Perez – November 28, 1973 – July 7, 2025
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident, Frank Perez will be held at 10:00AM on Thursday, July 17, 2025 at the Lamar Christian Church with Pastor Manuel Tamez of the LifeCenter Church of Lamar officiating. Visitation for Frank will be held on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from 4:30PM until 6:30PM at the Peacock Family […]
‘Operation Sky Hammer’ funds surge capacity helicopters to fight Colorado wildfires
The U.S. Forest Service is funding a new firefighting team based out of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, bringing two SkyCrane helicopters to the region. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the project is dubbed “Operation Sky Hammer” and has placed two new SkyCrane helicopters at the base of the Rocky Mountains, pre-positioned to […]
John R. Stulp, Jr. – December 27, 1948 – July 7, 2025
A memorial service is pending for longtime Lamar resident John R. Stulp, Jr. John was born on December 27, 1948 at Yuma, CO to John and Nina (Dunafon) Stulp Sr. and passed away on July 7, 2025 at the age of 76 at the Prowers Medical Center in Lamar with his family by his side. […]
Lamar Fire Department is gifted 9/11 memorial scrapbook by Betty Blanco of La Junta
Lamar Fire Department Chief Jeremy Burkhart holding donated scrapbook from Betty Blanco, along with Fire Department employees and Doug Harbour (Tri-State 9/11 Memorial Foundation, third from right) In 2005, the Lamar Fire Department acquired a fire truck with a somber past. Lamar’s Quint 1 was previously in service as Arlington County, VA’s Quint 104. Quint […]
New digital passport coming this summer to celebrate Colorado’s 150th anniversary
This summer, the Colorado Tourism Office (CTO) is releasing a digital passport with prizes and discounts across the state. The passport program will celebrate Colorado’s 150th year in the Union and the United States’ 250th anniversary of signing the Declaration of Independence, and it will fully roll out in 2026. The new digital passport […]
Jesse William Hale – February 20, 1955 – July 4, 2025
A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Jesse William Hale will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, July 11, 2025 at the Peacock Family Chapel. Full Military Honors under the auspices of the Local V.F.W. and American Legion posts will follow the service. Per Jesse’s request cremation will take place. Jesse was born on February […]
USDA Releases Annual SNAP Payment Error Rates for FY 2024
On June 27, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) released the annual Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) state payment error rates, a measure of how accurately states determine who is eligible and subsequent benefit allotments. The national payment error rate for fiscal year (FY) 2024 is 10.93%. While not a […]
McClave State Bank opens new Lamar branch
A ribbon cutting was held on June 6 for the new McClave State Bank branch in Lamar. Established in 1921, McClave State Bank has served the McClave community for over 100 years and is proud to be an independent, locally-owned bank who takes pride in their friendly, personal service as well as the ability to […]
At least 27 people are dead in Texas floods as the search continues for the many missing
A Texas sheriff says the deaths from flash flooding in central Texas has risen to 27 people By JOHN SEEWER and JIM VERTUNO – Associated Press KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Rescuers were searching Saturday for more than two dozen children from a girls’ camp and many others still missing after a wall of water rushed down a […]
